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He needed to drop weight and it should show up on the field. I think he will take a huge step forward this season.

Gabe Wallace apparently started camp last year at 345 and ballooned as the season went on. This year, he's apparently come into camp at 325 after undergoing a strict offseason regimen. Neufeld says he's one of the strongest/most powerful guys he's ever seen.

Major Williams with a nice read and jumped route for a int...him and Burrell of the new guys to me look the best and most likely vying for that open spot as front runners...for now

Wallace has definitely morphed his body...moves way better. Its his job to lose in my opinion..looks way smoother than last yr I like they have Tui on the hands team for onside kicks ...lol...u would think Daniels be out there but not on this first unit

Yeah watching some the one on one drills today u definitely see his power when he locked into his guy...guys a beast. And he is noticeably more agile Big Stan looked good..as Usual...hard to imagine he pushing 40...If he is even 80 percent of prime Stan him and Broxton gonna be a force

How did 2019 so quickly become "the good old days" instead of a thing that just recently happened...

I really like Allen. His ceiling is immense, and he was instantly a very useful player. That said, we are also instantly better if Griffin is at sam, and kramdi at S. Kramdis game fits better at S, and griffin is extremely good covering from the lber spot. Such a hard position to be in for JY. If the game slows down a little for Allen this year, he likely has the kind of year and launches his into the NFL and onto an AR as a back up. We did, but that was with like 6 DL and 3 imps, with no back up imp WR and with 1 less imp lber. Lber has become a trap spot on the roster for us. With last years NI lbers returning (Novak, Shay, Smith), plus Boulaine and clark drafted this year, we shouldn't be dressing a 3rd imp lber. But Ayers is a baller too. Id rather cut Ayers though, then lose Allen, Woodbey, or Griffin. Looks like he lost weight overall and added some lean mass. Daniels might not run well enough right now, or maybe they just want to limit his intake for now and let him adjust to a role he can fill right away then broaden him out later.

Weird. Cam Allen looked pretty awesome last season at safety. Why would you fix something that isnt broken?

Yep. Id hope that means Allen sides back to corner, Or that Griffin does. DB is going to see some really tough cuts. WIth a DI used at Lber for teams, K, and KR, the last spot really should be on the DL if not a WR. But we also have Allen, Woodbey, and Griffin with out a roster spot in that case. I love Ayers, but Woodbey can do soo much more on D. And Griffin is an excellent db. I wouldn't want to lose either for Ayers. Maybe not even Allen given the volume of league starters and NI talent we have at Lber. I dont think we can translate camp to final roster intentions with the mafia, and it's still early. I think health and who is willing to sit on the PR will dictate a lot of what we do breaking camp.

Not sure if people realize it's 8 Canadians now....you can use the nationalized for one of those.

Must have been quite an impression on your new co-workers when you walked in like this on your first day!

Idk how we can afford even 1, especially if its just a teams guy. We are now loaded with teams guys.

I really hope they don't use two DI spots on linebackers this year.

And he knows Todd Krenbrink

It has been confirmed in recent interviews and reports that the coordinators decide who starts and where and that OSH fills the rest of the game day roster. Bottom line is that it is still OSH's responsibility, but his coordinators have much more say than you are suggesting. I agree that we should start the minimum number of NATs as possible unless some guys really truly win the job that happen to be NATs.

Starting 3 canadian receivers is just plain dumb....especially if not needed...Even with 3 import olineman not needed. Would make us a way weaker offene as that 3rd giy would just be a position taker and no real threat. Even 3 import oline guys is kinda dumb if it doesnt make us significantly better, as it just denies our defence an import where it would have a way bigger impact If you declare 2 on defence...and 5 on offence for Canadians, as well as use the Nationlized american we can sub pretty freely regardless, so the extra 2 starting Canadians is pointless...especially if they are not the best players available....and in all honesty they won't be...experienced or not...they wont I hope and think we really are looking to put Kramdi at safety...if not full time...a lot as that makes sense as well as he is probably talent and impact wise our 4th best option there...3rd at best...and dont care that he is super smart and knows all the positions....slap him at safety then so he can oversee what we are lined up in and shout out corrections if his smartness see's an alignment error Thats one my main issues with Osh and hoped it was gonna change....the need in his mind to use extra Canadians even though they not the best....

I’d agree there. I’m not sure they would have got out of the WF without ZC. The TD drive in the first half from deep in their own end specifically. Getting out in front early ended up being the difference in that game.

If they go White/Wilson/Demski/Nield and make the 5th spot a rotation of Clercius/Daniels/MCI, then they should go 3 american olineman. No reason to start both 3 Canadian olineman and receivers given our talent at both spots.

Well, so far a 3rd American hasn't even received an opportunity. That said, they just cut Mcghee from the secondary and he had taken every rep with the defensive starters. Still, I look at as their plan is to start 2 Americans, 2 Nats, and then rotate between Vibert, Daniels, Chris-Ike, and Cobb. I don't think the 5 receiver set will be the most common alignment. Not at all. Ontaria seems to be having a great camp, but also mixed with going down every other day. We have no receiver depth to absorb losing one of White, Wilson, Demski.

Still early, no doubt. I read today that Demski was out and they moved Cobb to his spot and Corcoran took Cobb's spot. So it seems like they are pretty set on 3 Canadian WR, at the moment. Couple that with the fact that they will want to pull out a Canadian WR at times to put on Daniels or MCI. So that's when Cobb etc would come out. I still think the offensive line is the most likely position that an American could win a spot. Heard good things about Elsbury and we know Randolph and Vanterpoole can play.

what about Dante Daniels?

Personally I think they are trying to decide whether to play 3 Nat receivers or 3 Nat OL. That would give the illusion we are starting 9 because you have to give each set of 3 a long look. Day 5 at the beginning of camp is probably not what we are going to 5 days before the end of camp. IMHO, if we went with 3 NAT receivers either Cobb/Corcoran/Clercius would have to have incredible camps or our contingent of new IMP recruits a total disaster

8-2 with Nichols starting though. And never got our butts kicked in the two losses.

They had lost 4 of 5 before the ZC trade. There was a game vs. Hamilton that was just an absolute mess.

Yeah....Dixon and Jenkins look to be front runners but nobody is really separating themselves from the pack. Bailey needs to be played, you can just see he has multi tool talent and a motor that just goes...he was 100 percent all day today...and thats par for the course. One interesting guy I noticed and like is that Michael Fletcher...think he a bit knicked with a thigh issue but powered thru it. Even at less than 100 percent he just moves and reacts real well for a big dude and could see him useful off the edge and inside...For me he was one the guys that first popped out for me and he has a interesting skill set and a long but sturdy body. I could see him opening eyes in the pre-season games What also popped out for me right away...and this isnt good...Save for White..Pokey..Demski..Neild..Clercius we have a real buttload of crap and WR currently. And if we are going to go 3 nationals...god help us...pray for ZC cause it will be ugly. Some of the first unit work today...With Demski and Pokey missing mind you had combos of Corcorran...Cobb...that Fredricksen (who has zero explosion and can barely get separation for a big guy and no speed) and I think the rookie Derosier??....puuuuke....Other than Cobb the other 3 are not pro receiver quality and do absolute nothing with the ball once they get it....Keshaun Smith, and TJ Harris look like once acclimated could be quite useful, and possibly singer...But the rest see ya later..if somebody doesnt step up...or if we break camp with some injury issues....we have worst unit in league easily....again And if being honest after Demski....Clercius and Neild the next best guy, and one who looks to have best upside is that Joshua Jack...Daniels cant be and shouldn't be expected to do much other than big packages and goaline area stuff where he just needs to chip block and seperate from the line and just win a jump ball or take a quick hot pass and head north Yeah...Griffin is or should be the SAM...Dude can ball...he's athletic enough to cover top receivers in man and he's built to punish in the run game...plus he is very assignment sound. Kramdi at safety and kind qb'ng from there if he as smart as they claim is the best use of him. Allen not sure if they see him as the corner...or the swiss army guy rotating in with 2 safety sets and dime work. Major Williams and Burrel stood out to me at DB...I think they are 1/2 right now for the vacant spot forgot to mention...That Mazzccua I can see PR'd...Dude is just a beast...and a thug...he would be a bone jarring mauler of a guard...I liked watching him A side of the oline with Eli..him and Broxton woukd be a RB's wet dream with paved roadwork all day long

Truthfully the lead they had they went back to streveler too much in the 2nd half. Collaros was killing the riders first half and they took the foot off the gas. Streveler in the 2nd half killed the stamps in the wsf and they tried the same in the wf and it nearly cost them IMO. Grey cup that year the qbs really were not super consequential. Think the D and Harris were winning that one on their own all day.

Can't read too much into a couple of reported reps. Every DE ever gets swallowed up and heck of a lot more than they dominate. All QBs would be in the hospital if this weren't the case. He will definitely be rotational for all this season though. The last two really good NAT DE's I have in recent memory are Ricky Foley and Mathieu Betts and both were rotational until year 3 of their careers.

I think it is a misconception that Nichols couldn't push the ball downfield. In 2018 and 2019, up until his injury, he led the league in offensive explosion plays (receptions 30+ yards).

3 OL - RB - 2 WR - Lawson & Kramdi. Though it does appear they're going 3 WR.

Should the Bombers look at expanding PAS to 40000? To take advantage of their popularity?

Good luck finding some one who would say “Yeah, that what I was expecting.”

Drakkar Noir is more 90's. Axe didn't come out (in North America at least) until the early 2000's.

It appears to me that the Bombers are leaning towards starting 9 Canadians again - Oliveira, Neufeld, Eli, Wallace, Demski, Nield, Cobb/Corcoran/Clercius, Lawson, Kramdi. I guess the big question is whether an American can win a starting job at C over Eli... Can't see them cutting Neufeld or Wallace. I'd be curious if anyone has been getting first team reps at C other than Eli.

Mos talked about it in yesterday's presser a bit. Yep, organic PKDs are great. When it comes entirely at the expense of everything else, it costs you a lot. But where a PKD on first down, when the other team converts is wasted, a qb hit/hurry/sack has a cumulative toll and you can easily get to the point where the qb is broken mentally if not physically. We saw us do that to the whole league for 2 years, and have seen zach and others here get to that point. I don't see a lot of WJs drops being called. When it's a called drop from the edge, you see a couple of hard steps to the back field, then a back peddle and you gain depth. The goal is to get the dropper to just under the shallow routes, which creates massive issues for the QBs. This is how we saw WJ get picks and deflections into pick 6s in the past. I haven't seen WJ climb that far back in a long time, though. With the player having the option to rover you see a lot less depth in the drop, and more screening action like on an inbounds pass in basketball. Which is what we do see WJ do a lot. We have had such a strange defensive roster since JY took over, Im not sure how much is his design and how much is just him making the best out of what he gets. We got away from the Fangio 6 style drop cover almost entirely last year. JY does want to play some match zone stuff with a bubble where DBs mirror routes, stay in back pedal as long as possible, make reads and then come up to play on the ball. But I don't think we've seen him married to a front or pressure package. We've seen 30, 40, 4+1, heavy blitz packages, but not as much mixes. We see prolonged runs on schemes then overhauls. He very well may view the front and pressure portion as utilitarian to what the secondary does and needs. Upside as well. if two guys are pretty close in calibre of play, but one is a rook and one is a 4 year guy its reasonable to expect that the rookie hasn't peaked and the vet has.

That would be insane if they did it again in a stadium this size. I've got 1 game in June vs Edm, 2 back to back at the end of July, and Banjo Bowl... So far. Looking into using my remaining vacation days for the fiscal year on an August trip home for another game ... Better hustle on the tix i suppose.

Agreed with the caveat that salary is also a consideration though. If two guys are near equal but one guy is making 100k a season more than the other, you might take a very slight downgrade to free up cash if it is close enough of a gap.

Steamy hot take on a guy who is 26 talking like he is 36. Should cut Cam Allen because he's played a CFL game before too. Who the **** cares if a guy is a "vet" because he's played before or a rookie? Put the best team on the field to win the next game.

Taylor...Maston and how utilized BA turned it all around and morphed the defense into the juggernaut...thtat's where the season turned and was pre ZC ZC came in and got the rust knocked off in the last game and the WSF...and then managed the Grey Cup perfectly

Yeah...I think the staff fell in love with the knock down...sure it's good, but if you let the end(s) loose and constant attack, they are gonna get knockdowns still being in the QB's face and or the possibility of a strip sack, or just sack....plus with real push now likely on every down up the middle with JT no linger being trotted out there play aftr play after play....you may get interior knockdowns or just plain old pocket collapse Our INT production went down even with the excessive use of extra DB's which at times I just cant stand...too much rotation...guys not getting in a groove...cause of the passive rush...QB's rarely got hurried like our boy ZC and tossed the ball early into a bad spot...or a spot that didn't develop...I hope with a strong interior, and what looks to be likely some high motor rotational ends this yr likely rostered that we just cut WJ loose and let him attack...The PKD's will come regardless of how we scheme him I not sure they said it...But its obvious if you watch...A quick jab step to see what the tackle/guard blocking responsibilities are and then a pop back into one of the lanes and float there lookung for the ball....Even talking to Gavin Walls when training we said it was a scheme they were wanting to do...and he would have hated it

I think they've done the opposite quiet a bit. Bring in a vet...put him in the spot whether he's being out performed or not and wait until 3 or 4 games into the season before deciding to move on, sometimes forced to by injury even. For me it's a good sign that they got rid of him if they felt like they have someone else who can get it done.

I get that honestly and actually kinda feel that way myself. My first reaction was confidence is nice but dude might be in for a bit of a surprise. I’m not sure he actually understands the talent level in the CFL. By all means I hope he dominates and takes the other end spot and doesn’t look back and we got ourselves a stud ratio breaker on the DL. I mean I hope he dominates but something tells me he won’t immediately.

Some quotes from Gatkuoth: “I did everything I could,” Gatkouth told The Denver Gazette. “I put my best film on tape. The Broncos already have a great outside linebacker group, so it was hard to get signed there. But I feel like I had a dominant three days and it worked out like it worked out. So, now Im going to the CFL to just dominate. “… Honestly, I have right now all the confidence in the world. My confidence has shot up a hundred times, just me going out there and dominating all three days has really boosted my confidence and I know I can play in the NFL. It’s not an if, it’s a when if I just keep working.” Well he definitely has confidence in himself. If he was that dominant you would think he would have stuck with the Broncos. It sure sounds like he feels the CFL is just a stepping stone. Hopefully he comes in with a good attitude and not a "im better than this place" chip on his shoulder. Might rub some guys the wrong way.

From what I could see, much of O'Shea's success was in the talent Walters handed to him, but in the last 2-3 years, it seems that Walters backed off and O'Shea had near-total control and the team suffered for it. We don't show who we really are when things are going well- we show our real identities when things around us are really struggling.

This is what concerns me about all the new bodies coming in. I think that if these have been forced onto O'Shea, he will go onto passive- aggressive mode and and put them out in situations where they will have little chance of showing well. Then he can smirk and go into "ahtodeso" routine.

I could see playing a guy who is "cold" and who has shown flashes of brilliance and trying to let the guy dig himself out of a rut. What annoys me is playing a guy who at best is a "C" level player and who is doing absolutely zilch on the field and refusing to give the next man up a legit chance to shine. O'Shea likes to give the next man up a "chance" on the last drive of the game when we are taking a knee or losing a game that is completely out of reach where the opposition is just dicking around.

I truly don't believe MOS is deciding who is on the field in which packages on O or D. I don't believe that is how the team is run from everything we've seen and heard from everyone involved right up through Walters and Wade Miller. I believe he wields strong influence on who is on the bottom 1/3 of the roster for special teams purposes, Canadians and DI's. But of the guys on the roster, I believe from basically everything we've seen that his coordinators are designing the packages including WHO is on the field. I think if you want to glean something from our deployment on D the past few years it's that Younger doesn't trust rookies. Even most of the guys we've brought in off the street into camp or due to injury and rostered had extensive experience in the CFL. Younger will only reluctantly put a rookie on the field.

Just gonna say this... I was considering removing my last post but decided to stand by it. I have a feeling I may have earned a trip to the Principal's Office. I just want to say to all of you who take the time to go to Bomber training camp or practices & then come here to give us your thoughts & observations, thank you. You are appreciated. For those of us who live out of town or can't make practices due to work committments, your opinions are great. Without your comments, we'd know very little. Just what the Bombers want us to know through social media. It's great to read what you see. So, keep it up.